Principal Research Scientist, Evidence & Strategy

Principal Research Scientist

Avalere Health is seeking a Principal Research Scientist to join our Evidence & Strategy Practice. The practice focuses on a range of issues including developing value-based assessments and supporting evidence generation; quantitative, qualitative, and feasibility studies utilizing a broad range of open and closed source datasets; go-to-market strategies and tactics for an evidence-differentiated offering. We rely on deep subject matter expertise and understanding of the business issues facing our clients to assess how the changing healthcare evidence, market access and policy landscape impacts the pharmaceutical industry, managed care plans, providers, and consumers.

We provide analytic support and advisory services, including legislative strategy, regulatory analysis, and quantitative modeling of proposed and enacted policies to a wide range of clients across the healthcare industry.

Avalere's Evidence & Strategy practice within its Advisory capability provides exceptional consultation, evidence, and insights on key aspects of healthcare – including patient-centric HEOR, quality of care measures, shared decision making, value-based care, and health equity – to shape strategy for our clients.

Our mission is to improve quality of care, craft data-driven strategies, drive patient-centric outcomes, and ultimately provide the highest value to all our partners, including life sciences companies, payers, providers, and patient advocates. Our work is focused on 3 intersecting strategic pillars:
Patient-Centric Value, Evidence & Analytics, and Healthcare Strategy. Underlying all work is a deep commitment to data-driven insights.

What you'll do

• Perform descriptive and advanced statistical analysis using large patient and/or claims databases in support of economic and outcomes modeling to execute analysis plans and support client strategic objectives
• Design analytical studies, protocols and methods, pricing impact and health economic models
• Contribute to the development of concept proposals, scopes of work, budgets, and analysis plans
• Independently manage workflow and make direct contributions to the research and analysis process
• Work within and across organizational analytics teams to identify areas for delivering innovation to clients

About you Minimum requirements

• BA/BS or higher in computer science, economics, mathematics, statistics, data science, epidemiology, statistics or related discipline
• 10+ years of SAS or SQL programming experience
• Experience analyzing large administrative pharmacy and medical claims databases (public and private)
• Experience with importing data, transforming, cleaning, merging, and editing data and extensive quality/accuracy measures
• Working knowledge of advanced statistical techniques and/or econometric skills
• Ability to independently manage multiple work streams with limited supervision
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Demonstrated problem solving, analytical reasoning and decision-making skills and strong commitment to meeting goals and deadlines
• Positive, flexible and self-motivated attitude, with excellent teamwork skills and ability to work in a multi-disciplinary environment
• Comfortable working in a remote/hybrid environment with demonstrated ability to be productive and self-guided.

Additional Skills and Competencies

• Healthcare policy and analysis background
• Experience with analyzing healthcare survey data (e.g. Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey)
• Experience with SAS Macros
• Experience with Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)
• Experience interpreting statistical output and analyses

$168,000 - $215,000 a year

What we can offer

You will receive a 401K plan with an employer match contribution up to 4 (immediately vested), as well as life insurance, disability coverage, and medical, dental, and vision plans for peace of mind. Enjoy flexible working arrangements, including hybrid and remote work, along with the option to work from anywhere across the globe two weeks each year. We provide 20 vacation days plus one personal well-being day, recognise 9 public holidays, along with gifted end-of-year holidays and an early Summer Friday finish in June, July, and August.

Access free counselling through our employee assistance program and personalized health support. Our enhanced maternity, paternity, family leave, and fertility policies provide support across every stage of your family-planning journey. You can also benefit from continuous opportunities to professionally develop with on-demand training, support, and global mobility opportunities across the business.

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